jade.content.lang
Class Codec

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--jade.content.lang.Codec

Direct Known Subclasses:

JCodec, LEAPCodec

public abstract class Codec

extends java.lang.Object

Author:

Federico Bergenti - Universita` di Parma

Inner Class Summary

static interface

Codec.CodecException Class CodecException.

Constructor Summary

Codec(java.lang.String name)
Constructor

Method Summary

abstract AbsContentElement	decode(byte[] content) Decodes the content to an abstract description.
abstract AbsContentElement	decode(Ontology ontology, byte[] content) Decodes the content to an abstract description.
abstract byte[]	encode(AbsContentElement content) Encodes a content into a byte array.
abstract byte[]	encode(Ontology ontology, AbsContentElement content) Encodes a content into a byte array.
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the name of the codec.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Codec

public Codec(java.lang.String name)

Constructor

Parameters:

name - the name of the Codec.

Method Detail

decode

public abstract AbsContentElement decode(byte[] content)
                                  throws Codec.CodecException

Decodes the content to an abstract description.

Parameters:

content - the content as a byte array.

Returns:

the content as an abstract description.

Throws:

Codec.CodecException -

encode

public abstract byte[] encode(AbsContentElement content)
                       throws Codec.CodecException

Encodes a content into a byte array.

Parameters:

content - the content as an abstract descriptor.

Returns:

the content as a byte array.

Throws:

Codec.CodecException -

encode

public abstract byte[] encode(Ontology ontology,
                              AbsContentElement content)
                       throws Codec.CodecException

Encodes a content into a byte array.

Parameters:

ontology - the ontology

content - the content as an abstract descriptor.

Returns:

the content as a byte array.

Throws:

Codec.CodecException -

decode

public abstract AbsContentElement decode(Ontology ontology,
                                         byte[] content)
                                  throws Codec.CodecException

Decodes the content to an abstract description.

Parameters:

ontology - the ontology.

content - the content as a byte array.

Returns:

the content as an abstract description.

Throws:

Codec.CodecException -

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Gets the name of the codec.

Returns:

the name of the codec.